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Cohen family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51331
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White
Date
[ca. 1920]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
b&w, group portrait of from right to left: Chana Rayzl Mandel, Sara, Dorath, Dorath’s husband Narrative: Harry Cohen was born in Poland and had immigrated to Montreal. In the summer of 1939, he returned to Poland to take care of family affairs (presumabley following his mother's death) leaving his four children behind. His wife had already passed away. The war broke out and Harry was unable to leave Poland. HE was hiding with a Christian family but was finally deported to Auschwitz. He was presumably killed in Auschwitz, which would make him the only Canadian citizen known to have been murdered in the camp. The prayer shawl was returned to Harry Cohen's children in Septembe or October 1945 by a Polish woman who claimed to have hidden Harry before his deportation.along the shwal were also sent Harry's prayer book and unsigned traveller’s cheques.
Accession No.
2011X.100.02
Name Access
Cohen, Manuel (Manny)
Places
Opatow, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Dorath Cohen and her children

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51332
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White
Date
[ca. 1920]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, indoors. Dorath Cohen poses standing up with one toddler in her arms and another child standing on her chair beside her.
Accession No.
2011X.100.03
Name Access
Cohen, Manuel (Manny)
Places
Opatow, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78281
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black , blue, purple ; Ht: 17,1 cm x W: 10,1 cm
Date
[Later than 1923]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black , blue, purple ; Ht: 17,1 cm x W: 10,1 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Later than 1923]
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
Hebrew
Notes
Double-panel membership ? card for the Central Zionist department of Poland. Two-sided. On the second page is stapled a b&w identity photograph of a woman, below it are three ink stamps. The card is made to Szoel Erman his wife Laja (Leah) and son Majer (Meir)'s names appear with their birth year on the verso b.c. Narrative: Szoel (Saul) Erman was originally from Opatow (Poland). During World War II, he was sent to Auschwitz death camp (Poland) as a political prisoner and was later killed in Schasenhausen concentration camp (Germany). His wife and son both survived the Holocaust.
Accession No.
1991.14.05
Name Access
Erman, Meir
Places
Opatow, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Invitation

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50326
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Invitation : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Date
February 17, 1923
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Invitation : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
February 17, 1923
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
Double-sided, one page. At the top is a rectangular header with a decorative border. Narrative: Official wedding invitation addressed to Abram Elberg. It contains the informations about the donor's parents wedding.
Accession No.
1991.14.04
Name Access
Erman, Meir
Places
Opatow, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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